Report: Inconsistency in Creating Cybersecurity Strategies Common among EU Nations

A new report on network and information security finds that European nations are highly varied in how prepared they are for dealing with cyber crime, network attacks and network resilience, according to the European Network and Information Security Agency.

ENISA’s “Country Reports” features an overview and detailed reports on 30 European nations, with information…

EU Cyber Agency Cracks Down on Cyber Zombies

According to zombie lore, a surefire way to destroy one of the living dead is a shot to the head.

Now, EU’s cybersecurity agency, ENISA, has published a study on botnets, also known as cyber zombies. But neutralizing these zombies may be more difficult than their horror-movie brethren.

The report, titled “Botnets: Measurement, Detection, Disinfection…

Cybersecurity Agency Warns Next-Gen Cookies Pose Privacy Threat

The European Union’s cybersecurity agency has published a report on the security and privacy concerns regarding new types of online cookies, advocating for more transparency of how they are used and calling for a user-friendly mechanism to remove them whenever needed.

The policy report Bittersweet cookies: Some security and privacy considerations from the European Network and…

New Report Details Governmental Cloud Security in EU

Cloud computing will soon serve a significant number of EU citizens, subject-matter experts and public administrations, and national governments should thus develop a strategy and study the role cloud computing will play for critical information infrastructure protection, according to a new report from the European Network and Information Security…

Europe Boosts Cyber Defense, Global Collaborations

A new strategy proposes the establishment of a center that will pool the efforts of European Union member countries to battle cyber threats and other criminal activities that use the Internet as a digital battleground, Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter reports.

“We have to adopt to the digital reality and meet the challenge of cyber crime,” said…

Only 5% of Email is Not Spam Says Research Group

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), a European cyber security agency, has released a report that claims 95 percent of email is spam. ENISA surveyed ESPs from 27 European countries and found that less than 5 percent of email is actually delivered to inboxes because of anti-spam programs.

Dr. Udo Helmbrecht, Executive Director of ENISA, said spam is “unnecessary, time consuming and costly burden for Europe…email…

How Secure is Cloud Computing?

With the recent movement towards a cloud computing model, many senior leaders and IT professionals are wondering just how secure the cloud is. The European Network and Information Security Agency recently published a report that seeks to provide a model of deciding if cloud computing meets the security an organization requires.

The report concludes that the flexibility and economies of scale available in cloud computing are good and…